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see-through

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of see-through

1 easily seen through

  • consumers pretty much expect see-through packaging for bacon
Synonyms of see-through

clear, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid, transparent
Words Related to see-through

colorless, uncolored

diaphanous, lucid, semitranslucent, semitransparent, sheer, translucent, transparentized

glassy, vitreous
Near Antonyms of see-through

colored, dark, glazed, tinted

filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky (also smokey)

dense, muddy, murky, turbid
Antonyms of see-through

cloudy, opaque

2 very thin and easy to see through

  • a designer whose see-through clothes scandalized the fashion world back in the 1960s
Synonyms of see-through

cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer, transparent
Words Related to see-through

peekaboo

clear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid

lucid, translucent

dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantial

colorless, uncolored
Near Antonyms of see-through

opaque

cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky (also smokey)

drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless

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